Ok, so this last weekend we celebrated my parent's anniversary with a trip to Lake Tahoe. My sister had a timeshare in Genoa, so we stayed there...
Thanks for your responses... Here was his response this morning, I wrote him back basically saying that is what I expected and no problem. I...
Yeah. And part of the reason I purchased it was so that if it were a mistake, someone wouldn't come along and purchased it that would try to force...
Havent paid yet, and would let him out of it if it were a mistake. Anyways, it was a PCGS AU-53 1837 half dollar with a BIN of $55.
Ok, so I purchased this coin....
Ok, so I received my AU-58 seated half in the mail. Very pleased overall as the coin has nearly full luster, great details and pleasing toning. It...
AU-58 is the ideal grade imo :D.
I believe you are correct rzage. thanks for the comments! ANACS gave this an AU-58 problem free by the way....bought for $227.00.
Thank you for the detailed and quality analysis GD!
Thanks for the input. Much appreciated! Here's anothern for evaluation, 1838 this time. Completely different source too. Anyone have experience...
Sorry, forgot to include the reverse. My thinking is that if the toning is natural, it has been dipped and retoned....but it could just be...
Thanks. The toning streak is a little bit of a detrament, but I really like the look of the fields. These are so commonly hairlined to death.
Is this natural or artificial?
Thanks! For the price range you are talking about, you could get a stunner! What grade range are you looking for? You should be able to find a...
Here is another newp and upgrade for my type set. It resides in a problem free ANACS slab. I really liked the color, luster and hammered strike on...
Well, I went ahead and purchased this coin for $88.00(not including shipping) for my type set. Besides the toning streak on the obverse, it looks...
From what I've seen and heard, they are tighter. Also now that PCGS, and soon NGC are grading problem coins; my guess is that it will be more...
Not mine, but what is your opinion of grade and value?
Personally, I'm not seeing XF. This has significantly more detail than all of the dozen or so 1921 certified XF Peace Dollars I looked at on...
Here is a pic of the obverse in natural light.
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